Finance Assistant

Temporary Finance Assistant Location: Burton-on-Trent Fully office based Pay: £13.50 per hour Hours: 37.5 hours per week Working hours: Monday Thursday 8:30am 5:00pm, Friday 8:30am 4:30pm Contract: Temporary

About the Role We are currently recruiting for a Temporary Finance Assistant to join a small and friendly finance team based in Burton-on-Trent.

This is a fully office-based role supporting the day-to-day Accounts Payable function. The position would suit someone who enjoys working in a structured environment, is highly organised and has excellent attention to detail.

The role is very process-driven , with a significant amount of transactional work, so being comfortable working accurately with repetitive tasks and a high volume of invoices is important.

You will work as part of a small finance team and will be responsible for ensuring invoices, supplier accounts and financial administration are processed accurately and efficiently.

Key Responsibilities

• Processing a high volume of purchase invoices accurately and efficiently

• Processing credit notes through the relevant systems for approval

• Managing and maintaining creditor ledgers

• Allocating incoming payments and maintaining accurate financial records

• Monitoring and managing a shared finance mailbox, including invoice and document administration

• Reconciling supplier statements and investigating any discrepancies

• Setting up new supplier accounts and liaising with relevant internal teams to ensure information is accurate

• Responding to supplier queries and resolving discrepancies in a timely manner

• Identifying recurring issues and helping to prevent them from happening again

• Uploading invoices to customer portals where required

• Updating customer and supplier portals

• Providing support with month-end processes when required

• Completing general finance administration and other ad hoc tasks as needed About You We are looking for someone who is:

• Highly organised with excellent attention to detail

• Comfortable processing a high volume of information accurately

• Confident using IT systems and able to learn new software and processes quickly

• Able to follow established procedures and work consistently

• A good communicator with the ability to work effectively with different stakeholders

• Able to prioritise workloads and work to deadlines

• Comfortable working independently and using their own initiative

• Reliable, flexible and happy working within a small team environment Previous experience in accounts, finance administration or a similar role would be desirable, although relevant transferable experience will also be considered.

A good understanding of accounts payable and basic accounting terminology would be advantageous.

An AAT qualification or equivalent experience would be beneficial but is not essential.

What's on Offer?

• £13.50 per hour

• 37.5 hours per week

• Monday Thursday 8:30am 5:00pm

• Friday 8:30am 4:30pm

• Fully office-based in Burton-on-Trent

• Opportunity to gain further experience within a finance environment